Planes go much faster, and will continue to go faster even if we get high-speed rail; but there are some costs associated with a plane trip that can be avoided or minimized on a rail trip, and those costs are the same whether it’s a transcontinental flight or a hop halfway up or down the Northeast Corridor. You have to get to the airport at one end, and get from it at the other, which is a bigger issue, usually, than getting to and from train stations that are already in the city center. You have to wait on security lines. You have to spend more time boarding.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/trains-and-freedom/
When I can, I prefer to take the train even if it takes a couple of hours more, say to get to Boston, because it’s much higher-quality time. ... So if trains represent soulless collectivism, count me in.
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